Finally got my Taurus PT1911 put together after losing the mainspring pin retainer and ended up buying a whole Ed Brown stainless pin and spring kit. Fired it yesterday and it was perfect. Refinished it in Duracoat Magpul FDE and added some Stealth grey Magpul grips. All the controls were painted with black Krylon Rust tough. This pistol has been my woods beater and plinker for the past 5 years and was a bit rough beforehand.
Most folks think of all Taurus products as turds, but in my opinion, their production on other companies surplus tooling has been A-OK. These 2 pistols are the most used in my collection. The 1911 has over 12,000 in the past 4 years.
The Taurus 92 was finished in OD green 3 years ago. It's got 25k + down the pipe.